patients, you know. we've traveled the country recording the stories of those who are suffering because they can't find a dentist. i make my own dentures at home every week. - it is demoralising, it's horrendous. you sit and you think, _ i'm an educated person, i shouldn't feel that this holds me back but it does, of course it does. _ our team of researchers has phoned thousands of dental practices right across the uk carrying out the most comprehensive research into access to nhs dentistry in decades. what it reveals is that some areas are now essentially dental deserts and that raises the question are we witnessing the death of nhs dentistry?